The award is named after the brick-throwing mouse from George Herriman’s strip Krazy Kat. It’s a festival prize, which means that the winners are voted on by the attendees of the show and the awards given during a ceremony that Saturday night, September 17. The nominees were selected by a jury of five artists: Tony Breed, Summer Pierre, Keiler Roberts, C. Spike Trotman, and J.T. Most.

This year’s nominees are:

Outstanding Artist

Daniel Clowes for Patience
Ryan Heshka for Mean Girls Club
Kevin Huizenga for Ganges
Noah Van Sciver for Disquiet
Tillie Walden for The End of Summer

Outstanding Graphic Novel

Outstanding Story

The Hunter by Joe SparrowKilling and Dying by Adrian Tomine
“Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam” from Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories by Simon HanselmannMy Hot Date by Noah Van Sciver
“Shrine of the Monkey God” by Kim Deitch from Kramers Ergot 9

Promising New Talent

Kevin Budnik for Handbook
Maia Kobabe for Tom O’Bedlam
Sara Lautman for The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts
Carolyn Nowak for Radishes
Tillie Walden for I Love This Part